Chapter 157: Robery

A week later, the entire Arsenal squad headed for Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

In the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, Arsenal easily defeated the Bundesliga giants 2-0 at home, which paved the way for advancing to the final, and they were confident that after 90 minutes of play, the team would get a direct flight to Lisbon, Portugal.

As the most successful team in German football and the most glorious team in Europe, Bayern Munich can be called a star-studded giant battleship, and they have their own glory to defend.

Before the start of the game, Spanish coach Josep . Pep Guardiola said with determination: "I know we made a lot of mistakes in the first leg and we are temporarily behind in the scoreline, but I want to say that I know my team, I know my opponents, I am familiar with Qin, this is not the end of the world, I and my team are full of confidence, I believe that after 90 minutes of play, we will get a ticket to Lisbon." ā€

The Bayern boss is confident in the game, and his players are not far behind, with two key players in the team, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, also expressing their determination to win in front of the camera.

Arjen Robben: "Arsenal have put the whole world on the spotlight this season, yes, they are one of the teams that have been doing well this year, and the SOQ attacking combination has shocked Europe. But we are not inferior to them, and more importantly, the tradition of the German team is to be strong and brave and never give up. It may be difficult, but I still believe that we will make it to the last minute! ā€

Ribery focused more on Qin Shou: "Thierry and I are good friends, of course, I also have a lot of contact with Qin, we often talk to each other on the phone, talk about things on the football field, but also talk about life. Privately, he's a good friend and on the football pitch he's a very good professional. So...... Ha, to show my friend's respect for him, I decided to give it my all and I will beat him on the pitch with my teammates! ā€

Although the big war is approaching and the atmosphere is a little tense, there is not much "grudge" between Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and European football is such a big circle, everyone often meets in the Champions League, and many players on both sides are from the same country and are friends in private, so situations such as war of words and scolding have not appeared.

Except for some players who were interviewed in front of the camera to express their confidence in the game, there was no side to the story.

The clock quickly moved to the day of the race.

Bayern Munich's main stadium, the Allianz Arena, is full, and the stands that can accommodate 75,000 spectators have long been filled with dense heads.

The Bayern fans sang and danced in the stands in high spirits, and their loud and loud singing echoed throughout the stadium. Although the team they supported lost the first leg, the more difficult the moment, the more they should unswervingly support the team, and they hope to infect the team in their own way and bring more strength and courage to the team.

In comparison, the Gunners fans who followed Arsenal to the away stadium did not seem to have much momentum, they shrank in a corner of the stands, although they were also singing and shouting, but with their number of less than 2,000 people, the volume was undoubtedly like a drop of water thrown into the sea, and even the slightest splash of water could not be splashed, and they were completely drowned out by the sound of tens of thousands of home fans.

It doesn't matter though, maybe Bayern fans will be able to silence their voices for most of the time, but the Gunners fans are not in a hurry, as long as the team performs well and as long as the team can score goals in this stadium, then they will always have a chance to fill every corner of this stadium.

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When the clock reached eight o'clock, the referee blew the whistle and the game officially began.

After the start of the game for more than ten minutes, it was quite dull, Arsenal is playing away, and at the same time in the absolute upper hand position in the aggregate score, so they are not in a hurry at all, the tactics developed by Wenger for the team in this game is to defend and counterattack, which is the most labor-saving and smartest method, we are the leading side, stupid to fight against others, that is not called bravery, called idiot.

Arsenal is a team that is good at playing offensive football, and there is no ambiguity in defensive counter-attack, after all, the team's offensive rhythm is fast, and there is Qin Shou in the front. Players like Mesut Ozil and Sanchez who are fast and have outstanding individual ability, they are all good defenders.

And Bayern Munich did not rush up with a fierce momentum at the beginning of the game and attack regardless of it, they cleverly chose to control the rhythm, first stabilize their backfield and then slowly try to play the tactical play. They are the side behind on aggregate and naturally want to score very quickly, but they know better that Arsenal have a strong attack and they have to be very vigilant or the situation will be even worse if they are scored by Arsenal. After all, it is already two goals behind, and if you score away goals to the opponent, it will undoubtedly make matters worse.

The two teams were entangled in a tentative battle for more than ten minutes, and after twenty minutes into the first half, Bayern's offensive began to intensify.

Bayern's style of play is already wide open, the players need to have a body, they need to have speed, and their individual ability is also good, so most of their attacks are concentrated on the wings, with Robben and Ribery on the left and right sides attacking, and then directly down to the cross.

Bayern's two center forwards, Mandzukich and Thomas. Muller has good header skills, coupled with Martinez and Boateng, players continue to insert into the penalty area to grab points, so for a while, Arsenal's air defense pressure is very huge.

Fortunately, Wenger's tactical play of Bayern has been studied in detail before the game, and the two central defenders in the start, Mertesacker and Koscielny, are both tall and have excellent ability to defend high-altitude balls, but they did not give Bayern's forwards too many opportunities to grab shots. And Wenger also responded quickly, he asked Ozil and Cazorla to strengthen their running on the wings, while attacking, they also had to take care of some defensive tasks, and Qin Shou also retreated from time to time to help defend, so Robben and Ribery were active for a while, and gradually stopped.

Defensively stabilized, and Arsenal counter-attacked more often. The more active Bayern's offensive is, the more space there is in the backfield, and the attack group led by Qin Shou launched several quick counterattacks at the right time, although they failed to score, but they were also quite threatening, which made the home team more vigilant in addition to palpitations.

The attack has the momentum of being contained, and the back line is tested by the opponent's counterattack from time to time, Bayern has no choice but to switch from fast attack to positional warfare, and Arsenal repeatedly entangles and fights in the midfield. This is even more as Arsenal wish, this war of attrition consumes time, and the more it drags on, the more beneficial it is for them.

The situation on the field became stalemate, the two teams were entangled with each other, and neither could help the other.

For such a situation, Arsenal is not careful, but Bayern Munich gradually became impatient, and they also knew that the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for them, and the home team's actions began to become rough.

The first half ended up being 0-0, with the two teams drawing a goalless score, and it was a draw. But in fact, Bayern suffered even more, not only did they do 45 minutes of useless work, but also received three yellow cards for their rough manoeuvre, one each for Van Bitten, Martinez and Arjen Robben.

Arsenal only had one player receive a yellow card, and Mesut Ozil was given a free Topaz God of War card by the referee for dragging the Dutchman down in the process of chasing Robben.

In general, aside from the yellow cards received, the two teams are half a catty, and neither has an advantage or the upper hand. Arsene Wenger and his players are happy with the situation, they have two goals in their hands and are qualified to play such a "procrastination".

After the start of the second half, Bayern Munich did not test first and then launch a fierce attack as in the first half.

They also realized that if they continued to "drag" with Arsenal like this, they would definitely be injured.

Bayern's attack was more resolute and decisive, the pre-match Robery combination increased its breakthrough efforts, and the two top full-backs switched positions frequently, constantly putting pressure on Arsenal on the wings.

Arsenal, on the other hand, responded with aggressive pressing and a calm defence, and tested the opponent's defence with quick defensive counter-attacks.

The two sides went back and forth, and staged a good show of attacking each other on the court, and the scene became more passionate and hot.

In fact, such a game is extremely disadvantageous for the home team, because although they attack fiercely and create some scoring opportunities, Arsenal's counter-attack is also very threatening, and in this case, no one knows who will be the first to score. It's okay if Bayern scores first, but if it's Arsenal who score first, then it's hard for Bayern to think about coming back to life.

Thankfully, it was the home side who were the first to score in the attack, and in the 69th minute, Franck Ribery, who had been roaming on the right flank, suddenly switched to the left, and such a change was carried out frequently by the Robery combination after the start of the second half.

And this time, Ribery suddenly switched to the left, and finally achieved good results, he used his speed to shake off Ozil, in the face of Gibbs's grab, did not entangle with the opponent, and Robben who followed up in the middle played a two-on-one combination, shaking off the opponent at the same time, but also successfully hit the bottom line. (To be continued.) )